Sole and heel plate for boots and shoes



W. P. WHITTIER, Jr. Sole and Heel Plate for Boots and Shqes.

No. 226 ,894. Patented April 27. 1880.

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WILLIAM P. WHITTIER, JR., OF BIDDEFORD, MAINE.

SOLE AND HEEL PLATE FOR BOOTS AND SHOES.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 226,894, dated April27, 1880.

Application filed February 27, 1880.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, WILLIAM P. WHITTIER, J12,of Biddeford, in the county of York and State of Maine, have invented anew and useful Heel or Sole Plate for Heels and Soles of Boots andShoes, of which the following is a specification.

The invention relates to heel or sole plates and their manner offastening.

Heretofore it has been difficult to obtain a heel or sole plate thatwill fit the heel or sole of any boot or shoe, on account of the manychanges of the form of the heel and sole.

The object of my invention is to do away with so many sizes of heel andsole plates and the use of screws or nails, and provide a heel or soleplate and fastening made from one and the same piece of metal, which canbe applied to any part of the heel or sole where it wears off unevenly.This I accomplish by cutting with dies a curved plate provided with endbarbed fastenin gs bent at right angles to the plate, for the purpose ofdriving into any part of the heel or sole where it wears off unevenly.

The advantages of this heel or -sole plate are that one of three sizeswill always fit the heel or sole of any boot or shoe, and the fasteningbeing a part of the plate, it will not work loose. It is quicklyapplied, will not catch or tear carpets, and will come off easily whenworn out; and, further, as it covers a very small part of the heel orsole, it will not slip.

This heel or sole plate can be cut with dies and the fastenings bent atthe same time, or they can be bent by a second process.

In the accompanying drawings, in which similar'letters of referenceindicate like parts, Figure 1 is a view of my invention applied. Fig. 2is a diagram of a blank as it is cut with dies. Fig. 3 is a perspectiveview of my invention ready for use.

In Figs. 2 and 3, A are the two ends which form the fastening. Thedotted lines B show where the fastening is bent. O is the curved platewhich receives the wear of the heel or sole.

What I claim as my invention is The heel or sole plate shown anddescribed, consisting of the curved plate 0, provided with end barbedfastenings bent at right angles to the plate, for the purpose set forth.

WILLIAM P. WHITTIER, J R.

Witnesses:

B. H. INeERsoLL, (lines. 0. MooDY.

